In May 1968, my former wife and I traveled by train, ferry and again by train from Pirmasens, Germany, to...
Background The world’s most famous car social media influencer, Supercar Blondie (aka Alex Hirschi) is launching SBX Cars, a new...
The author enjoyed slipping snugly into 2617 and giving it a proper run during an HGPCA test day at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin In 1966, the rain in Spain didn’t stay mainly on the plain. It blew eastward to the Ardennes Mountains of Belgium, and hurled itself down onto the Belgian Grand...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor...
The Lotus 25 is an example of outstanding absolute landmark design, and one which in many ways has proved to...
The Elan, Lotus’s first road car with a steel backbone chassis and fiberglass body, debuted in 1962. Initially praised for exceptional road capabilities, it later spawned a racing version, the Type 26R, homologated in 1964. Weighing 600 kg, it boasted a tuned 1,558 cc DOHC “Lotus TwinCam” engine, producing more...
Watch this video as Nick Padmore details what it’s like to drive this JPS-liveried legend with a screaming DFV 3.0-litre...
The Lotus 23C is the developmental evolution of the 23B. The claimed reason for the updates was to allow the...
In terms of sheer ambition, the Lotus Elise GT1 was perhaps the ultimate Elise ever created. Conceived to replace the Esprit GT1 in the reinvented BPR Global GT Series that came under FIA’s wing in 1997, the Esprit GT1 seemed like a perfect opportunity to put Lotus under the spotlight and market...
High quality footage of Ayrton Senna during his qualifying session for 1986 San Marino GP in a Lotus 98T, a powerhouse...
Goodwood has announced that this year’s Goodwood Revival (Sept. 8–10, 2023) will celebrate Lotus’ 75th anniversary. Welcoming a fleet of...
Onboard footage of Ayrton Senna pushing his Lotus 99T in Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo while on a qualifying run at the 1987 Monaco Grand Prix....
Listen to the glorious V8 sound of a Lotus 38 that won the 1965 Indy 500 with Jim Clark onboard....
The Lotus 87 was a Formula One car built by the Lotus team in 1981 for use in the World...
Watch this onboard footage featuring Nelson Piquet (threee-time Formula One World Drivers’ champion) driving a Lotus 101 Judd around the Silverstone Circuit during the 1989 British Grand Prix....
During the 74th Goodwood Members’ Meeting, Dario Franchitti, a four-time IndyCar Champion and three-time Indy 500 winner, took the wheel...
Watch and enjoy this onboard footage of Horatio Fitz-Simon, in a Lotus 22, doing some laps before the 2022 Oulton...
A thrilling video of a Ferrari 246S Dino and Lotus 15 going neck and neck as they compete for the Sussex Trophy at the Goodwood Revival in 2021....
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
On December 22nd, Lotus commemorated the last of the Elise, Exige and Evora sports cars to be built. The trio...
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was undoubtedly gifted at what he did, admittedly some of his cars were better than others but in general, when Lotus built a racing car it was a good one. The Type 23 design was, in hindsight, one of the really good ones. Introduced at the...
The global Lotus community is saddened to learn that Hazel Chapman, the wife of Colin Chapman and co-founder of Lotus,...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced the opening of its first-ever exhibit dedicated solely to Formula 1. “Pole Position: The...
T Top cars have been around since the 1940s. They were originally designed to offer a convertible-like experience in various vehicles without the costly and time-consuming process of removing the entire roof. Even today, t tops are still popular, and for a good reason. Today we share some of the...
When the farm owned by Helena Neethling’s father in the Riviersonderend district, about 100 miles due east of Cape Town,...
Goodwood is proud to announce that the Central Feature at the 2021 Festival of Speed (July 8–11) will celebrate Lotus....
The genius of Colin Chapman is evident in every one of his cars. Each of his creations were uniquely endowed, not only with clever engineering, but a special blend of design and mechanical innovation that seemed to illude virtually all other manufacturers, or at least be years ahead of them....
The upcoming Geared Online sale in the UK presented by Gooding & Company will see three high-performance competition vehicles go...
The London Concours has revealed Lotus as the second of the prestigious “Great Marques” classes to appear at the Honourable...
It’s the swinging ’60s in London, you’re the daughter of an industrialist, your husband disappeared over the Amazonian rain forrest, presumed dead, you are an adventurer, expert fencer, a certified genius specializing in chemistry, and a master of martial arts and you can pretty much kick anyone’s ass, and look “marvy”...
